diff --git a/coordinatorlib/src/main/scala/com/socrata/datacoordinator/secondary/PlaybackToSecondary.scala b/coordinatorlib/src/main/scala/com/socrata/datacoordinator/secondary/PlaybackToSecondary.scala
index 1b832573..ef5aa3ce 100644
--- a/coordinatorlib/src/main/scala/com/socrata/datacoordinator/secondary/PlaybackToSecondary.scala
+++ b/coordinatorlib/src/main/scala/com/socrata/datacoordinator/secondary/PlaybackToSecondary.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 
 object PlaybackToSecondary {
   type SuperUniverse[CT, CV] = Universe[CT, CV] with Commitable with
+                                                     SecondaryStoresConfigProvider with
                                                      SecondaryManifestProvider with
                                                      SecondaryMetricsProvider with
                                                      DatasetMapReaderProvider with
@@ -679,13 +680,25 @@ class PlaybackToSecondary[CT, CV](u: PlaybackToSecondary.SuperUniverse[CT, CV],
       }
     }
 
+    def dsInfoOf(datasetId: DatasetId) = {
+      u.secondaryStoresConfig.lookup(secondary.storeId) match {
+        case Some(config) if config.isFeedback =>
+          logger.info("Non-exclusive resync")
+          u.datasetMapReader.datasetInfo(datasetId, repeatableRead = true)
+        case _ =>
+          logger.info("exclusive resync")
+          u.datasetMapWriter.datasetInfo(datasetId, datasetLockTimeout, semiExclusive = true)
+      }
+    }
+
     def resync(): Unit = {
       val mostRecentlyUpdatedCopyInfo = retrying[Option[metadata.CopyInfo]]({
         timingReport("resync", "dataset" -> datasetId) {
           u.commit() // all updates must be committed before we can change the transaction isolation level
           val r = u.datasetMapReader
-          r.datasetInfo(datasetId, repeatableRead = true) match {
-            // transaction isolation level is now set to REPEATABLE READ
+          val w = u.datasetMapWriter
+          dsInfoOf(datasetId) match {
+            // transaction isolation level is now set to REPEATABLE READ or we have a lock on the dataset
             case Some(datasetInfo) =>
               val allCopies = r.allCopies(datasetInfo).toSeq.sortBy(_.dataVersion)
               val mostRecentCopy =
diff --git a/coordinatorlib/src/main/scala/com/socrata/datacoordinator/secondary/SecondaryInfo.scala b/coordinatorlib/src/main/scala/com/socrata/datacoordinator/secondary/SecondaryInfo.scala
index 790255e3..864f3190 100644
--- a/coordinatorlib/src/main/scala/com/socrata/datacoordinator/secondary/SecondaryInfo.scala
+++ b/coordinatorlib/src/main/scala/com/socrata/datacoordinator/secondary/SecondaryInfo.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ package com.socrata.datacoordinator.secondary
 
 import org.joda.time.DateTime
 
-case class SecondaryConfigInfo(storeId: String, nextRunTime: DateTime, runIntervalSeconds: Int, groupName: String)
+case class SecondaryConfigInfo(
+  storeId: String,
+  nextRunTime: DateTime,
+  runIntervalSeconds: Int,
+  groupName: String,
+  isFeedback: Boolean
+)
 
 trait SecondaryStoresConfig {
   def lookup(storeId: String): Option[SecondaryConfigInfo]
diff --git a/coordinatorlib/src/main/scala/com/socrata/datacoordinator/secondary/sql/SqlSecondaryStoresConfig.scala b/coordinatorlib/src/main/scala/com/socrata/datacoordinator/secondary/sql/SqlSecondaryStoresConfig.scala
index debda520..2554631f 100644
--- a/coordinatorlib/src/main/scala/com/socrata/datacoordinator/secondary/sql/SqlSecondaryStoresConfig.scala
+++ b/coordinatorlib/src/main/scala/com/socrata/datacoordinator/secondary/sql/SqlSecondaryStoresConfig.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class SqlSecondaryStoresConfig(conn: Connection, timingReport: TimingReport) ext
 
   def lookup(storeId: String): Option[SecondaryConfigInfo] = {
     val sql = """
-      SELECT store_id, next_run_time, interval_in_seconds, group_name
+      SELECT store_id, next_run_time, interval_in_seconds, group_name, is_feedback_secondary
         FROM secondary_stores_config
        WHERE store_id = ?""".stripMargin
 
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class SqlSecondaryStoresConfig(conn: Connection, timingReport: TimingReport) ext
           rs.getString("store_id"),
           new DateTime(rs.getTimestamp("next_run_time").getTime),
           rs.getInt("interval_in_seconds"),
-          Option(rs.getString("group_name")).getOrElse("")))
+          Option(rs.getString("group_name")).getOrElse(""),
+          rs.getBoolean("is_feedback_secondary")))
       } else {
         None
       }